It's been an interesting year so far. I've lost both my Moms.
My mother died in January after a long decline. Soon after, my Mother-in-Law went in for bypass surgery. While her heart healed, other issues zapped her strength and she died April 22.

I may have challenge update posts but I don't know when I'll be posting regularly or when I'll get to visit everyone who is working on the challenges I'm hosting.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Getting Lost in a Comfortable Book2012 Reading Challengehosted by Gina at Book Dragon's Lair

and in case you don't want to read outside.....

Guidelines:

Make a postlink up (coming)read 5 books from the list that you haven't read before

Reviews:would be nice but I'd be more interested in why you pick each book and what you thought of it. This can be added to your post about the challenge.

The list didn't turn out as long as I'd hope so there will be no voting....just read five books (not yours) from the list. Yes, there are a couple of series on the list but you only need to read one of them.

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryArabella by Georgette HeyerThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakBriar's Book by Tamora PierceThe Cat Who series by Lilian Jackson BraunThe Christmas Box by Richard Paul EvansA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeFools Rush In by Janice ThompsonGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Anne Barrows and Mary Ann ShafferHappy All the Time by Laurie ColwinHarry Potter series by J.K. RowlingsThe Hawk and the Jewel, The by Lori WickThe Hobbit, The by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleHow to Make an American Quilt by Whitney OttoThe Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor LipmanThe Irish Country series Patrick TaylorJane Eyre by Charlotte BronteThe Key Trilogy by Nora RobertsLe Grand Secret (The Immortals) by René BarjavelLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottMist of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Mitford series by Jan KaronThe Negotiator by Dee HendersonThe Night Watch by Sergej LukianenkoNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellNorthern Lights by Phillip PullmanThe Outlander series by Diana GabaldonPersuasion by Jane AustenThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterThe Phryne Fisher Mystery series by Kerry GreenwoodPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPrincess Bride, The by William GoldmanThe Protector of the Small quartet by Tamora PierceQueen of the Damned by Anne RiceSecret Garden, The by Frances Hodgson BurnettSpy Wore Red, The by Aline, Countess of RomanonesStand, The by Stephen KingStone and the Flute, The by Hans BemmannTangled Web, A by L.M. MontgomeryTime Traveler's Wife, The by Audrey NiffeneggerVenetia by Georgette HeyerWesting Game, The by Ellen RaskinWild Magic by Tamora PierceWorthing Saga, The by Orson Scott Card

I will definitely be joining you! I'm starring this post and I will be back to link up closer to start time. Sorry you didn't get more responses. =O( Pleased to see mine are on the list though. Are you sure I can't read Queen of the Damned again (it would be my 5th time)? Just kidding! ;O)

I see several that will probably be on my list: Hound of the Baskervilles, North and South, the Guernsey book, the Lilian Jackson Braun, and Irish country series. Yes, I own all of these! What a great excuse to finally get them read!

I'll be signing up as soon as the link appears. BTW, there's a typo in the name J.K. Rowling on this list, and I assume you meant The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, since L.M. Montgomery never wrote a book by that title, as far as I know.JNCLThe Beauty of Eclecticism

I would really like to join your challenge. I speak French and my blog is in French, so my reviews would be in French. Would that be a problem? There are 8 books from your list that I own and have not read. Should not be a problem to pick 5!

Two down: finished Anne of Green Gables at the beginning of May. Had to change my list a bit. I could have sworn that our library had a copy of the Spy Wore Red--but if they did when I made up my list, they don't now. Had to sub in a "The Cat Who..." book.

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